SCREAMINGGGGGG MY OTPPPP IS REALLLL AND GETTING MARRIED IM DEADDDDD VIRAL LOVE Chapter 28 : GIFT It is a twelve hours flight from Incheon to Heathrow, and it takes another 45 minutes for Si-jin to get to his newly leased flat in Hampstead Village via cab from the busy airport. By the time Si-jin finally arrives at the charming building where he had signed the two year rental for, it is almost midnight back in Seoul and afternoon in London. He knocks on the building manager’s door for the key to his flat and takes the elevator up seven levels to the fully furnished apartment on the top floor. He sighs tiredly as he enters the dwelling but can’t help but smiles as he looks around, nodding to himself in approval. He spots the black standing piano against one corner of the wall and grins. The place is perfect, just as the manager had promised him. Mo-yeon is going to love it here. Speaking of his girl….. He drags his luggage inside and then proceeds to sprawl on the cozy light grey sofa, groaning in relief. He pulls the cellphone out of his pocket, feeling glad for the exceptional roaming service. Although he probably should switch to a local provider soon and install wifi in his flat. Roaming charge is freaking expensive. He presses the dial button and waits, closing his eyes as he leans back against the sofa. She answers immediately. “Si-jin Ah?” He smiles. “It’s me, babe.” She sighs in relief. “You’re there? Everything was okay during travel?” “Everything was okay. I’m finally at our place.” He looks around, imagining her sitting by the piano, cuddling with him on the sofa, cooking in the kitchen. “I can’t wait till you move in. God, I’ve missed you so much already.” “I miss you too…” She tries to sound cheerful. “So what’s the plan?” “Hmmm, someone from the team will pick me up tomorrow. We have two more weeks before the first match so I should have plenty of time to train with the rest of the team.” He smiles, “Once they have the jersey ready I’ll ship them right to you.” It is quiet on the line for a few seconds and he wonders if she’s falling asleep. “Babe?” “I went back from the airport and hasn’t been anywhere ever since… I wore your shirt and laid down on my bed the whole time. Ji-soo was here just now…” she sounds uncharacteristically whiny as she continues, “Ommo, she was side-eyeing me so hard…. She said I might as well wear black like a mourning widow but she’s going to give me a pass till tomorrow. Tomorrow I have to go to work and get back to living again.” His heart twists and pulls at the thought of her lying alone on her bed while he was so far away and unreachable during the long flight. Her voice is taking a more subdue tone now. “I thought I’m strong enough to be away from you….I'm sorry Si-jin Ah, I'm being a terrible girlfriend right now...mianheyo...” He needs to do something. “Hmmmm…. I bet you are smelling my pillow right now aren’t you?” His question totally catches her off-guard that she stammers for a second. “Pffftttt….why would I do that? I’m not a byuntae like you!” “You totally are, aren’t you?” “No!” “Are you wearing the shirt I put in your laundry basket?” “Pffffttt…. Why would I wear your stinky shirt? I meant your jersey, pabo!” The way she’s stumbling while denying his question makes him think that she’s lying. Oh, she’s totally lying. “Bet you lie down on the bed thinking all sort of stuff we can do together…” he pretends to gasp in shock, “Ommo, are you in byuntae mode now Kang Mo-yeon?” She gasps indignantly at that and he grins wider. He knows he’s totally pushing almost all her buttons right now. Just a few more and then she’ll explode like a pretty, colorful firework in a dark night. “Huh…. I just realized babe, the only good thing about this separation.” He tries hard not to laugh as he imagines steam coming out of her ears. “I can say whatever I want but there’s no one to smack me! Hah!” One, two, three… “Yaah!!!! You just wait Yoo Si-jin! I’m going to kill you once I’m there! Just you wait! This byuntae! And you dare call me a byuntae--” He can’t help it anymore as he laughs out loud, Mo-yeon still babbling on the phone about how